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.. highlight:: c
Functional construct (II) : map
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* **Purpose** :
fold implements the folding (or reduction) on the array.
* **Syntax** :
If `f` is a function, or a function object of synopsis (T, R being 2 types) ::
R f ( T, R )
then ::
auto F = fold(f);
is a callable object which can fold any array of value_type T.
So, if
* A is a type which models the :ref:`HasImmutableArrayInterface` concept
(e.g. an array , a matrix, a vector, an expression, ...)
* A::value_type is T
then ::
fold (f) ( A, R init = R() ) = f( f( f( ... f( a(0,1), f(a(0,0), init)))))
Note that :
* The order of traversal is the same as foreach.
* The precise return type of fold is an implementation detail, depending on the precise type of f,
use auto to keep it.
* The function f will be inlined if possible, leading to efficient algorithms.
* fold is implemented using a foreach loop, hence it is efficient.
* **Example** :
Many algorithms can be written in form of map/fold.
The function *sum* which returns the sum of all the elements of the array is implemented approximately like this
(this function already exists in the lib, cf ???) ::
template <class A>
typename A::value_type sum(A const & a) { return fold ( std::plus<typename A::value_type>()) (a); }
Note in this example :
* the simplicity of the code
* the genericity : it is valid for any dimension of array.
* internally, the library will rewrite it as a series of for loop, ordered in the TraversalOrder of the array
and inline the plus operator.